With spring fading and summer now upon us it’s the perfect time to be getting all meaty! Meat and hemp takes some beating at this time of year and it’s a tactic that has accounted for thousands of big match wins all over the country. Andy Neal has a few tricks up his sleeve that will definitely put more fish in your net.

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Bait-Tech N-Tice Polony Meat is packed with herbs, spices and garlicy goodness. The flavours leak out and permeate the water leaving a long lasting scent.

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The ultimate accompaniment to meat is hemp. Add a real kick to your swim by enhancing the flavours even more with chilli hemp. I like to mix this 50/50 with my cubed Polony

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To kick start the swim I will feed a big pot of a 50/50 mixture and fish a single cube over the top. I tend to let the bites tell me when to re-feed. As the bites slow this is often a key to re-feed.

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Some days this is better done by a small pole mounted pot and on others another big pot full is best. Every day is different so experiment to find out what is best. One thing I know is that once the fish start eating the spicy flavours, they can’t get enough of them!